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A dashing Regency romance from the legendary Georgette Heyer, founder of the genre.

Captain John Staple's exploits against Napoleon's armies in the Iberian Peninsula have earned him the nickname 'Crazy Jack' amongst his comrades in the Dragoon Guards - but once the Battle of Waterloo brings the curtain down once and for all on the Napoleonic Wars, the boisterous, adventure-loving captain finds life in peacetime intolerably dull.

When the captain finds himself lost in the Pennines, he takes refuge at an unmanned toll-house. It's there that he encounters a woman of extraordinary qualities - and suddenly, his soldiering days pale away next to the adventure, and the romance of a lifetime....

©1954 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance
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loved Georgette Heyer when I discovered her at 13 years old, still love her books at 57 years old, one of the few Constance's in my life x

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The story was very good. Georgette Heyer is a splendid writer.
The narrator spoke far too quickly. I was considering not going on with the book. I then slowed the speed of reading and managed to enjoy the story.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this story, the narrator was engaging and the story line most enjoyable. Georgette Heyer at her best.

Thoroughly enjoyable story well narrated.

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Another great story from Georgette Heyer. The narrator was excellent and managed to portray all the characters well.

Good story and narration

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This is an exciting, well constructed yarn by the great Georgette Heyer. One of her very best novels.

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